- 博士买驴
- bo2 shi4 mai3 lu:2lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point, idiom mocking scholastic pomposity* * *博士买驴bó shì mǎi lǘ(讥讽文辞繁芜, 不得要领) A learned scholar buys a donkey -- neglecting the main point.; be verbose and not to the point; beside the mark; write wide of the mark* * *博士買驢|博士买驴 [bó shì mǎi lu] ► lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point ► idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.